I was in College when I read John Henry Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua -- in defense of my life, that is, if my latin still serves me well.

The Apologia was my first encounter with his thoughts. I followed his mind in the Grammar of Assent, the Idea of a University. After college, I lost interest in his works -- for I was more preoccupied with the mundane, the secular. I got back to him only during the second half of my novitiate years. It was a good five years after graduation from College. When Jody, a fellow Jesuit, left for the next stage of our formation program, he gifted me with the Newman Reader. It was almost three years ago. I have not yet finished reading it. But just this morning, I read from John Allen of NCR that Newman is a step closer to sainthood.
And, that is good news, at least for me. Probably I have an extra reason to re-read his work.
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